Statizoid

Japan vs Saint Helena: Median age

Japan
48.96 years
in 2023
Saint Helena
50.45 years
in 2023
Japan rank
4th
Saint Helena rank
3rd

Median age over time

  • Japan
  • Saint Helena
20304050195019862023

How they compare

Saint Helena currently reports 50.45 years against 48.96 years in Japan, a difference of 1.49 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Japan ranks 4th and Saint Helena ranks 3rd of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Median age
Unit
years
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The age that divides the population into two halves of equal size — half are younger and half are older.